Heating apparatus.



PATENTED JUNE 19. 1906.

w. KANE; HEATING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED BI-3x11 1905.

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Be n that 1, WILLIAM KANE, of the city and county of Philadelphia and State of heating system )articularly adapted for use -with gaseous. iue l 'My improvements relate in art to the construction. of the radiator w ereby sim-' plicity of construction is coupled with facility tubes ray be easily obtained for of cleaning or making repairs.

of erection and access to the'circulating- To this end I employ aserics of exposed massed vertical tubeswith their upper and lower ends opening througn and secured in apertures in hori' zontal plates, thus forming of said tubes and plates a united structure. To the upper plate is secured a crown cap forming an.ex-. tended air-space extending over the open tops of the tubes, and to the lower plate is secured a recessed base-frame forming a waterspace extending below and communicating with the open lower ends of the tubes, This crown-ca and the base-frame are detachable, so t iat by=removing themaccess may be had to thetubes. This radiator structure may be usedieither with a hot-water heater or with a steam-generator and will form with such heater or generator a complete local heating apparatus.

It is also one of the objects of my invention to dispense entirely with the expansion-tank which is usually employed'in hot-water heating systems and to utilize in lieu thereof the air-space forimed by the crown-cap of the radiator, whic 1 may be made open. to the at- This omission of the expansiontanlr not only simplifies the construction, butv it renders the radiator more sightly, An-

other advantage of using an open crown-cap is that the moisture which passes oil' into the air improves the quality ot the atmos )here, and tiiisis of particular valuein green ouseheating.

The base-frame constitutes the-boiler or generator and is made suiliciently large to contain a longitudinal heating-flue extending through it, to which heat may be supplied' in any suitable manner, preferably by a gaspioe withinthe flue. v

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Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed Ifehruary 11,-19Q5. Serial No. 245,253.

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' Patented June 19,1??06.

insidelelevation' and partly in'vertical se invention; and Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same on the line D D of Thebody of the radiator consists ofase- ,ries of massed and exposed verticaltubes secured at their ends in apertures in-ihor zont a'l plates b 0, preferably by the expan'sio of the tube-rimsabout said'apertures. (Z is a crown-cap of slightly-dome. shape cured thereto at the edges by boltse; f is base-lrame also do1ne-shaped or recessed simi larly and is secured to the lower face of the base-plate c by bolts 6. c i I:

The faces between the plates bandc and-f the cap (1 and frame fmay be suitably-packed. In assembling the radiator the tubes. a are secured at their ends in the plates biand-i thusforminga united structure composed 'of a massed series of exposed vertical radiating and circulating tubes extending betwcenithex- -:1

two horizontal plates to which the cap d and base f are secured.

Not only is this construction very simple and easily erected, but theuse of a se )arate crown-cap and base-frame permits t e eX- the plates, and the removability o the crown cap and base permits of acccss to the tubes and enables any tube to be removed and replaced without disconnecting other tubes. I

The crown-cap d is also provided with an outlet g, fitted with a petcock IL, and is open to the atmosphere. A thermometer m may be place-din an aperture in the top.

The radiator may be lilled by removing the thermometer and pouring water into the upper chamber until tbe radiator is lilled to the proper level. When the radiator is used forhot-water heating, the water should extend in the top chamber over the tops of the tubes t, leaving an extended air-space under the crown, which. is open to the atmosphere through the aperture in which the thermometei iits loosely or through other apertures which may be provided.

'lhebase-irame f is enlarged, and through it extends a longitudinal line If, within which is arranged a longitudinal gas-burnerw. The ends of the line i are open, and in the construction shown the burner is supported by spiders w", clamped to the open ends ol the flue by the burlicr-chamber w" and the nut w, screwed upon'tho ends of the gas-pipe.

In using this cousl ruction as a steam-gmerator only the base is filled with water, and by the heat from the will ass up through l iile the'water of 5 condensation will return through'the tubes to the generating-chamber to be recon- The moisture which passes off through the open crown-cap imquality to the air in the osely resembling the natural open summer atmosphere, and this quality renders the heater particularly efiective g. When used 1 as a vent in the crown Ina be closed. Sufficient water should be added daily to compensate for the loss due to evaporating and to maintain the proper waterlevel whether the radiator be used as a steam In either case the apparatus is entirely independent and constitutes in'itself a complete local heating systhe steam generated burner w in the flue t the tubes at to the .crown, W

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What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows: 2 5

1. A umtary independent heating appa ratus, consisting of a series of exposed massed dto the lowervface of said horizontal plate and forming a water-space extending below and communio'atin with the lower open ends of said tubes, a heating-flue extending longii tudinally below the horizontal plate through said water-space, and a crown extending over the upper open ends of the tubes.

unitary independent heating apparatus, consisting of a series of exposed massed vertical tubes, a horizontal plate provided Withapertures through which the lower ends of said tubes open and in which said ends are secured, a base-plate detaohably securedsto I the lower face of said horizontal plate and forming a water-space extending below and communicating with the lower open ends of said tubes, a heating-flue extending longitudinally below said detachable horizontal plate through said water-space and open at its ends, a gas-burner extending longitudinally through said heating-flue, and a crown extending over the tubes.

- In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM KANE. Witnesses:

R. M. KELLY.

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